The Resolute Woman

Category: beauty

  • Look for the flowers

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    “There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Matisse once said.

  • The forces of nature

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    Near her art in an exhibit in Santa Fe, I read these words from Jill Rosean Tishman. “I see myself as a rather insignificant being surrounded by the forces of nature. I never paint as my eyes see, but rather what I feel as I view nature: the sun moving through a redwood forest becomes…

  • The strength of our land

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    Near her art in an exhibit in Santa Fe, I read these words from AnaMaria Samaniego. “It is important to understand the strength of our land. To recognize its gifts, to cherish its beauty and to feel its soul.” Samaniego’s “Entre Por La Cocina” was part of a temporary exhibit of work from the New…

  • The sky and the mountains

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    Whenever I go to New Mexico, I feel a little more relaxed, much more peaceful. I think my feelings have something to do with the immense sky, the lovely mountains, the stark beauty of the landscapes. But, I need to remind myself that I can feel that same peace when I notice the sky and…

  • Look around you

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    Often, when my friend Gaynelle and I are taking our morning walk, we are so busy walking and talking that we forget to look around and see the green grass and the May flowers that are blooming in our neighborhood. “Take time to look,” Georgia O’Keeffe once said. I found that quote recently in the…

  • The sky is bluer

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    I just returned from New Mexico—where the sky is bigger and bluer. “Color is one of the great things in the world that makes life worth living,” Georgia O’Keeffe once said. I found that quote in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, and I also discovered other bits of wisdom during my recent trip…

  • Flowers in the garden of life

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    Emerson said, “The earth laughs in flowers.” That is one of my favorite quotes, and here are two more quotes that are wonderful for spring—or for any time. Whitman said, “With every leaf a miracle.” And, anonymous said, “Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.” –Joy

  • Happy spring!

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    Now when my dog, Ginger, and I go on our morning walk, we see green grass and flowering trees. My husband, Jerry, says that spring arrived early this year because of climate change. No matter, it officially is arriving on March 20, and it is a happy time. As Emerson said, “The earth laughs in…

  • Our best tonics

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    Mary Oliver looks with a poet’s eyes—and she looked with those same eyes even when she was writing essays for her book Upstream. For her, nature contains “our best tonics, if we would take them.” All we have to do is observe the world around us. “How wonderful that the universe is beautiful in so…

  • A thousand unbreakable links

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    “The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River and ourselves—we are at risk together,” writes Mary Oliver in her book Upstream. I love Mary Oliver’s poetry, and I must admit that I like her poetry much better than the essays in Upstream. But, this book contains paragraphs that are poetry—and full of wisdom. This poet…